Took his online course for CMPSC 8 and had a great time. He's funny and cares about students

One of the few professors I'd rate 5/5. Took CS16 and he was absolutely amazing at helping students get situated into complicated computer science concepts. Funny, lectures broken down to ELI5 language, class pace was definitely doable, and incredibly knowledgeable. The labs were easy and ZyBook was a phenomenal online textbook used for the class.

Cs156 taught me how to code. Loved this class and loved conrad!

Professor Conrad was great, especially online which is how I took this course. He is always open to any and all questions, and has a ton of easily accessible office hours. The class is a lot of work every week, with reading, quizzes, and labs, but if you stay on top if it early in the week, or even get ahead, it's not a problem.

Professor was passionate about what he taught and really knowledgeable. He became sick halfway through the quarter and the class basically became online. The class then became too easy to the point where you don't learn anything. I feel like I don't have a strong foundation for future CS courses because this class was so easy.

This was my most enjoyable class and professor yet. The class is structured online through zyBooks. Weekly quizzes, but no midterm/final exams. Final project was easy. TA's can be helpful (I think, but mine was pretty useless). Overall, worthwhile, and I would take again in the future.

Just a fantastic professor that is passionate about what he teaches. Class was structured in a way to mimic real world web development. Overall I felt that I received a lot of value from this class.

Very passionate about the subject and always willing to help you. Practice quizzes were always provided that were very similar to the actual ones. Final had infinite submissions that showed you your score each time to allow you to get the highest grade possible.

Conrad is a great professor objectively! Passionate and caring towards the subject and his students. However, he got sick in the middle of the quarter, canceling our midterm on such a short notice and starting to lose focus during lectures. Hopefully, this was just a one time thing, but I honestly have not learned much because of it.

Conrad is a passionate and knowledgeable teacher. He explains complicated concepts well through examples and works hard to make instructions for projects as clear as possible.

Conrad has a very good reputation in the CS department at UCSB. However, when I took his course he became very sick midway through. This caused him to cancel the midterm with two hours of notice and replace them with a series of 5 asynchronous quizzes with multiple attempts. Same deal with the final. This class is a joke.

This class was an emotional rollercoaster. Phil is a lovely lad with a respectable reputation, but health problems really impacted his ability to focus. Our midterm was canceled two hours before it took place, and was replaced with five asynchronous quizzes which we still have not taken days before the quarter has ended. I've learned nothing.